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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Kurdish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Swedish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin textus, past participle of texo (“‘to weave’”)

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• enPR: tĕkst, IPA: /tɛkst/, SAMPA: /tEkst/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɛkst

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text (countable and uncountable; plural texts)

1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
3. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
4. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).

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to text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted)

1. To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

   Just text me when you get here.

2. (intransitive) To be occupied for a duration with the act of sending and receiving text messages.

   Have you been texting all afternoon?

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• (to send a text message to): message, SMS (UK)

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From Persian

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text m.

1. throne
2. bed
3. wood, tree

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• textî
• textîn
• textînî

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for text	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	text	texten	texter	texterna
Possessive form	texts	textens	texters	texternas

text c.

1. text